Derek Webb's not so new album (he just came out with a new one, but this one's really not that old), Mockingbird is a scathing reprimand to modern evangelical Christianity. and rightly so. sometimes i feel like there's more wrong with the church today than there is right. and while i know that's a broad overstatement, that a statement can even be made in that direction does indicate that there's something wrong and it's not worth ignoring. anyway...these lyrics really struck me today:
don’t teach me about politics and government
just tell me who to vote for
don’t teach me about truth and beauty
just label my music
don’t teach me how to live like a free man
just give me a new law
i don’t wanna know if the answers aren’t easy
so just bring it down from the mountain to me
i want a new law
i want a new law
gimme that new law
don’t teach me about moderation and liberty
i prefer a shot of grape juice
don’t teach me about loving my enemies
don’t teach me how to listen to the Spirit
just give me a new law
what’s the use in trading a law you can never keep
for one you can that cannot get you anything
do not be afraid
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
10.5.07
22.3.07
a study in music videos
sorry it's been so long. rather intense last week. on the other hand, not really sure many people take a look here that often. so if you hadn't noticed i hadn't posted recently, then i'm not sorry for you. but if, for some strange reason, you do check in here regularly and were disappointed by my lack of material, to you i am deeply apologetic.
anyway.
music videos usually interest me very little. i find them largely uninspired and often incoherent. so i don't usually watch them. however, this isn't because i don't believe that there's incredible potential in music videos. such a genius mix of two complimentary art forms...swelling sound and moving pictures.
today i stumbled across a music video made for a song by a band called Menomena. as to the music, i'm still undecided as to if, why, and how i like their style. but i found this video absolutely entrancing because of it's creative genius. yes, perhaps it is somewhat incoherent in the sense that i don't know that there's a disctinct message. but the genuine uniqueness of it is engaging. so you'll find that as the first video here. following that, i thought to myself, i wonder how this song would be changed by a different video accompanying it. so, employing my friend youtube, i found two other versions. the one, found second here, is beautifully shot and has some intriguing artistry (interestingly shot on 16mm film). the third, and final video i found largely uninspiring, but kept it solely for what i thought was a brilliant shot found from 1:54-2:08, where there's three distinct modes of transportation laid atop one another. i just like the flow of the shot...as an amateur videographer/student of cinema i saw in it a flash of brilliance. and i did find that each version gave me a different understanding and aftertaste of this sing, "wet & rusting". i'm interested to hear what anyone thinks...about the song, about the movies, about the genre...
(the final one won't let me imbed...you can see it by clicking here).
anyway.
music videos usually interest me very little. i find them largely uninspired and often incoherent. so i don't usually watch them. however, this isn't because i don't believe that there's incredible potential in music videos. such a genius mix of two complimentary art forms...swelling sound and moving pictures.
today i stumbled across a music video made for a song by a band called Menomena. as to the music, i'm still undecided as to if, why, and how i like their style. but i found this video absolutely entrancing because of it's creative genius. yes, perhaps it is somewhat incoherent in the sense that i don't know that there's a disctinct message. but the genuine uniqueness of it is engaging. so you'll find that as the first video here. following that, i thought to myself, i wonder how this song would be changed by a different video accompanying it. so, employing my friend youtube, i found two other versions. the one, found second here, is beautifully shot and has some intriguing artistry (interestingly shot on 16mm film). the third, and final video i found largely uninspiring, but kept it solely for what i thought was a brilliant shot found from 1:54-2:08, where there's three distinct modes of transportation laid atop one another. i just like the flow of the shot...as an amateur videographer/student of cinema i saw in it a flash of brilliance. and i did find that each version gave me a different understanding and aftertaste of this sing, "wet & rusting". i'm interested to hear what anyone thinks...about the song, about the movies, about the genre...
(the final one won't let me imbed...you can see it by clicking here).
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